Bufflehead vs Mandarin Duck
Bucephala albeola 비교 대상 Aix galericulata
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 속성 | Bufflehead | Mandarin Duck |
|---|---|---|
| 학명 | Bucephala albeola | Aix galericulata |
| 목 | Anseriformes | Anseriformes |
| 과 | Anatidae | Anatidae |
| 보전 상태 | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 체장 | — | 44.0 cm (17.3 in) |
| 날개 폭 | 32.2 cm (12.7 in) | 70.0 cm (27.6 in) |
| 체중 | 400.5 g (14.13 oz) | 570.0 g (20.11 oz) |
| 식성 | Dives for aquatic insects, crustaceans, and small molluscs in freshwater and coastal habitats. One of … | Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and … |
| 산란 수 | 5-14 | 7-14 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Mandarin Duck
Wooded lakes, rivers, and ponds surrounded by dense forest. Unlike most ducks, regularly perches in trees and nests in tree cavities.
Song & Call Comparison
Bufflehead
Male produces a soft, squeaky whistle; female gives a harsh, nasal quack. The male's thin, reedy whistle is barely audible; pairs exchange quiet contact calls at boreal forest ponds.
Mandarin Duck
Male gives a low whistled 'hib' or 'weep'. Female utters a soft quacking 'kek'. Generally quiet and secretive. No loud territorial song; vocalizations subtle and brief.
Geographic Range & Migration
Bufflehead
Breeds in boreal forest of western and central North America. Winters along both coasts and interior lakes from southern Canada south to Mexico.
Mandarin Duck
Native to East Asia including eastern Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. Feral populations established in Britain and western Europe.
보전 상태
Bufflehead
Mandarin Duck
How to Tell Them Apart
Bufflehead
Male has iridescent green-purple head with a large triangular white patch from behind eye over crown; body clean white except for black back. Female is dark sooty-brown with a single …
Mandarin Duck
Breeding males have an elaborate pattern of orange, green, white, and purple with distinctive orange sail feathers on the back. Females are grey-brown with a white eye-ring and stripe.
Small red bill in breeding males, pinkish in females
About These Birds
Bufflehead
북미에서 가장 작은 잠수오리(약 400g)로, 수컷은 큰 흰 머리 반점이 있는 자줏빛 녹색 홍채를 가집니다. 딱따구리 구멍에 둥지를 틀어 연못과 호수 근처 삼림 지역에서 번식하며, 해안 만과 내륙 수역에서 월동합니다. 수생 무척추동물과 소형 물고기를 먹습니다. 안정적 개체수의 관심대상 종입니다.
Mandarin Duck
중간 크기의 아름다운 오리로 체장 41–49cm이며, 수컷은 오렌지색 볏, 녹색과 보라색 관, 흰색 눈썹, 청동색 옆구리가 화려하게 어우러진 깃털을 갖는다. 동아시아 산지 숲 속 호수와 하천에 서식하며, 유럽과 북아메리카에도 도입되었다. 견과류, 씨앗, 수생식물을 먹는다. 관심 필요 종이다.